The resumption of the Mais Médicos Program in 2023

• Autor(a) principal: Cury, Geraldo Cunha
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Fonseca, Angélica Ferreira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Trabalho, Educação e Saúde (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.tes.epsjv.fiocruz.br/index.php/tes/article/view/2415
• topic: Recursos humanos em saúde; Educação médica; Formação em saúde; Política pública; Programa Mais Médicos; human resources in health; medical education; health training; public policy; Mais Médicos Program; recursos humanos en salud; educación médica; educación en salud; política pública; Programa Mais Médicos

Healthcare gaps and the demand for physicians in the Brazilian Health System are a chronic problem, especially in the most vulnerable regions of the North and Northeast and in peripheral areas of urban centers. In view of this need, the federal government is recomposing the Mais Médicos Program for Brazil, through the ministries of Health, Education and Finance. The main axes of the program are the provision of doctors in Primary Health Care and the training of these professionals, in this version associated with specialization and professional master’s, with reference to the concept of primary care for integral health. In this note of conjuncture, we bring information about the official trajectory of this recovery movement, briefly recovering characteristics and advances provided by this policy – first established in 2013 – and presenting peculiarities of the current version, proposed by provisional measure n. 1.165, of March 20th, 2023, converted into law (n. 14.621/2023) and sanctioned in July of this year.